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Holed Up #3 will be in stores shortly. Check with your local retailer about getting your copy.

 The Avatar Press comics and other items listed below will be available in comic shops worldwide beginning this week, according to our distributor. Most retailers in the U.S. display new shipments for the week beginning on Wednesday (note: new comic day is on Thursday, June 3 in most stores this week due to the Memorial Day holiday). Ask your local stores about these items. If you can't find them locally, the links below will take you to those items in the store, which includes graphics and descriptions of those items.

•  RICH JOHNSTONS HOLED UP #2 
•  RICH JOHNSTONS HOLED UP HOMELAND SECURITY ED #2

 You can find out what else we've released in recent weeks in theNow in Stores section.

Fans of Avatar's Holed Up comic title should pick up the June issue of ICE magazine, hitting stands this week. Holed Up is featured as their "Book Of The Month" as "this new twisted family sitcom treat... It's dark, sick, hilarious and hugely offensive. And as with all good comedy, it's funny because it's true"

Readers cannot also be treated to a special Ice online interview with Rich Johnston, found only at their website:www.icemagazine.co.uk, as they don't put the magazine online, and it can only be bought in UK newsagents.

Holed Up writer Rich Johnston describes the series this way: "Holed Up is my love letter to America. everything I love about your wonderful country is contained within. And Ice magazine, decicated to the exploration of breasts, cars and guns, seems the perfect publication to tell everyone about it. They gave it five stars you know."

Regarding Holed Up's success, Johnston remarks: "Shops round here seem to keep selling out of it, but there's enough shops still with copies, and even more shops reordering the comic to keep everyone up to date with the latest Holed family shenanigans."

"We're damn pleased at the reception this book has received, although not surprised, as we're fortunate to have the finest creative team in comics on this," says Avatar Publisher William Christensen. Well, he would if I'd asked him, said Rich Johnston as he wrote this press release, basically taking the Wanted/FHM USA puff piece [reported in the comics news recently] and changing it a little.

A couple of the major comic-review sites have weighed in on Rich Johnston's Holed Up #1. Check out whatthe Fourth Rail andthe X-Axis have to say.  And be sure tolet us know if you spot Holed Up reviews or coverage elsewhere.

It's here! Rich Johnston's Holed Up #1 is now in stores in both the US and the UK. Ask your retailer for your copy today, and if he's out of stock, ask him to order more -- there are still copies available from our distributor as of this writing.

Diamond UK informed Rich Johnston that Holed Up issue 1, due to ship to US stores on Wednesday and UK stores on Thursday has sold out at their end. Diamond UK make a habit of over-ordering titles they expect will have increased demand at time of sale, so as to speed restocks for UK shops and, on Rich Johnston's Holed Up, they over-ordered considerably.

However after an increased spate in advance reorders this week, Diamond UK have sold all their reserve stock and are currently in the process of issuing reorders for the whole of the UK.

Publisher Avatar Press had considerably overprinted on issue one of the American family separatist comic book by the comic industry´s leading rumourmonger, the London-based Rich Johnston (currently touring Eastern Europe). But increased pre-orders based on publicity for stores who stock the comic, in his rumour column this week, have seen the amount available reduce considerably and a worldwide sellout is expected.

Rich Johnston's Holed Up will be available from all good comic stores this week... but possibly not for long.

For more information on Rich Johnston's Holed Up, check out
www.holedup.net

Avatar Press July 2004 release information is live. Releases for the month include Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome, Yuggoth Creatures, Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Strong Medicine TPB, Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Necromancer, Rich Johnston's Holed Up, Joe R. Lansdale's By Bizarre Hands, Jungle Fantasy, and more.

We've got anadvance look at the text-only version of July solicitations available online now, and once again it's a great month for books from Avatar Press, including: Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome Prequel, Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Strong Medicine TPB, Yuggoth Creatures #1, Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Necromancer #4, Joe R. Lansdale's By Bizarre Hands #3, Rich Johnston's Holed Up #3, Jungle Fantasy #5, and much more. Be sure to check back next week for complete graphics and information on our July lineup

After a couple of light weeks recently, several highly-anticipated Avatar Press titles will be in stores beginning Wednesday, April 21 -- including Stargate SG-1 2004 Convention Special, Joe R. Lansdale's By Bizarre Hands #1, and Rich Johnston's Holed Up #1. Check with your local shop to make sure these are going to be in stock for you, your retailer still has time to place a reorder with our distributor to make sure he has enough copies.

Holed Up, the new comic from Lying In The Gutters rumourmonger Rich Johnston, and published by Avatar is to ship on April the 21st to the USA, April the 22nd to the UK.

Solicited for May, Holed Up is shipping early to, in Richard's words, "get a look in before Astonishing X-Men comes and takes the wind out of my sales."

Holed Up, by Rich Johnston and Gonzalo Martinez tells the story of a family of survivalists, working together to keep federalists and communists at bay, and proving that the family that flays together stays together.

However, in May, Marvel Comics are publishing the first issue of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men. "That monster's going to sell 300,000. It's all anyone's going to be talking about. So I want to get a week or two of people talking about Holed Up before I get flattened."

Avatar Press have also chosen to give Holed Up a significant over-order, ensuring copies of Holed Up are available for curious readers and retailers "before the great vacuum known as Astonishing X-Men sucks all the interest away" said Rich Johnston.

Already facing criticism for his choice of subject, Rich Johnston is also planning to leave the country while Holed Up is being published. "I'm allergic to death threats, so I decided to go and visit the Czech Republic. It's a lot safer there.." he mumbled.